The information obtained by the rapporteurs seems to indicate clearly that these observations remain relevant. The special committee chaired by the first president of the administrative tribunal has apparently never been operational or even existed; and the Court of Auditors has so far focused on examining the financing of electoral campaigns. Its work in this area was praised by the various people with whom the rapporteurs spoke, but the representatives of the Court of Auditors pointed out that they lacked the resources and legal skills to carry out proper investigations and to extend their monitoring to regular party funding. For these reasons, they would be in favour of setting up a new independent body to monitor political funding. However, it would appear that this proposal has not been supported by decision-makers, and the authorities have indicated to the rapporteurs that the setting-up of a new body was not currently being considered.